The Global Story Podcast
The Global Story: Where the world meets America
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the 91福利社鈥檚 international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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Feeding Gaza: Why isn't more aid getting in?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
The danger and difficulty of trying to prevent a famine
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Climate justice: We sued our government, and won!
Thu 18 Apr 2024
The elderly Swiss women behind a landmark ruling
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Sydney mall attack: How a social media frenzy unfolded
Wed 17 Apr 2024
A stabbing rampage in Australia fuelled by hate and false accusations
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India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Nearly one billion people will go to the polls
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Iran-Israel attack: A turning point for the Middle East?
Mon 15 Apr 2024
All eyes on Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks
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What happened to Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls?
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Ten years after #bringbackourgirls, more than 90 still haven't returned home
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Behind Baltimore鈥檚 dangerous bridge recovery
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The practical and political risks of the giant clean-up
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Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires
Wed 10 Apr 2024
The antitrust cases against Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta
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Ukraine's fight for justice in Bucha
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Remembering the atrocities of Russian occupation two years later
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My return to Rwanda: 30 years after fleeing the genocide
Mon 8 Apr 2024
The 91福利社's Vic Uwonkunda confronts the past and explores forgiveness in her homeland
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How the 91福利社 covers the Israel-Gaza war
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Exclusive insights from our Middle East bureau chief
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Investigating the J-pop sexual abuse scandal
Thu 4 Apr 2024
How a 91福利社 documentary rocked Japan鈥檚 music industry
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Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
How Beijing could avoid its ticking demographic time bomb
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Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Generative AI could make some jobs redundant, but create others we can't even imagine yet
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Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia
Fri 29 Mar 2024
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
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Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Bodycams captured the raw reality of war for a ground breaking new 91福利社 documentary
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Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud
Wed 27 Mar 2024
What the Crypto King's fall from grace means for the future of cryptocurrency
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Curse of the world's fastest growing economy
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Is Guyana's oil a windfall or a downfall?
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Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ahead of our planned episode on Miami, a moment to put the Moscow attacks in context
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Is Europe鈥檚 migration plan 鈥榖ankrolling dictators鈥� in North Africa?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
MEPs accuse the EU of supporting authoritarian leaders after deals with Tunisia and Egypt
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America鈥檚 love-hate relationship with Tik Tok
Thu 21 Mar 2024
How China could use social media to undermine the US election
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Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Up close reporting of a conflict that is destroying millions of lives
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Kate Middleton: A palace PR crisis
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Why the Princess of Wales is at the centre of a media storm
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Life inside Korea's Demilitarised Zone
Mon 18 Mar 2024
The South Korean village of Taesung is a symbol of peace but it's under threat
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Russian elections through the eyes of the Putin-controlled media
Fri 15 Mar 2024
What would you hear - and what might you believe - following the elections inside Russia
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Haiti: The country governed by gangs
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses
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Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us
Tue 12 Mar 2024
A drought at the famous waterway could push up the price of everyday goods
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Will politics steal the show at the Eurovision Song Contest?
Mon 11 Mar 2024
The world's largest music competition is facing backlash over Israel's entry
